Web Extra: Small Cap ETFs

If you’ve been looking to play smaller names but were concerned by the risk, there are some new ETFs you should know about.

You’ve probably heard the statistics. Small cap stocks tend to outperform their large cap brethren. In fact, ytd small caps are outperforming by a margin of 2-1.

You know the story, small caps are nimble. They tend to be pretty efficient and often times they’re younger companies on the cutting edge.

But with the higher reward comes with higher risk.

The revenues of small cap stocks are relative small, they rarely pay dividends, and often times they’re activities are concentrated in a particular region – making them more vulnerable to swings in the local economy.

If you’re intrigued yet scared there are some new ETFs you should know about that get you exposure but spread the risk.

On Wednesday Invesco PowerShares introduced nine new ETFs that track the U.S. small-cap sector indexes. They follow:

* Typically a small cap stock is defined as a company whose market value is below $1 billion.

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